The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-29
THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.

King Malieota Surrenders, aud Ia Carrid
Away by a German War Ship.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 28-The steamer Zea-
lapdia arrived this evening from Sydney, Aus
tralia The Now Zealand Herald of Oct. 6
contains the following gself-explanatory letters:
BRISBANE, Oct. 5.
The German war-ship Adler. has arrived at Cook
town. from Samoa. with ex-King Maieota board.
The liking transferred from the Adler to the
German warship Albatross. which sailed this morn.
ing The destination of .he Albatross is not known,
but is supposed to be German New Guinea.
SYDNEY. Oct 5.
News to hand from Cooktown states that the Ger
man war ship Adler arrived there from Samoa on
Monday and went the harbor yesterday the strict
est isolation being maintained with the Shore Shortly
before the German gunboat Albatross sailed for
Europe to-day. ex- King Maeota, his and three
Samoan chiefs were conveyed aboard. It is under
stood that the Albatross will call at Thursday island
for further instructions.
The same papers reproduce correspondence
from Tonga to the Fiji Times. written under
date of Sept. % The letter is evidently from a
German standpoint, but q paragraph thereof
tends further to explain. Among recent
events, says the correspondent, "the Lubbock
arrived from Samoa yesterday, being late two
days in consequence of having such a large guam
tity of stores TO discharge for the German squad
bered six vessels. two others having
joined the original squadron. Malieota
surrendered to the German commodore at the
wish of American and English residents, and to
save bloojshed, which would otherwise have
sued. The group is placed firmly under
protecrorate, with Tamasese installed as nom
inal king under the German consul The French
mau-of- war Decres had arrived the day the
Lubbock left Apia. The German officers in
Apla were loudly announcing it as their inten-
tion to come down in few days time and pro-
claim a protectorate over Tonga and it is quite
likely that this also will be done before the next
steamer from Fiji reaches here"
In column aud half of editorials the
situation in Samoa, the New Zealand Hearld has
this to say:
It is quite clear that if America and Great Britain
had both shown that they would be united in resist
ing the action which Germany evidently premedtated
the pursued by the officials of the latter power
would have been very different. The only
possible way of accounting for the sud
den and arbitrary proceeding taken by
the German consul a tApia, and by Commander
Heusner in declaring against King Maleota and
subsequently deposng him, is by supposing that
the Washington conference, around which much
my stery has been designedly thrown Germany had
put forward claims which the American
inclined to favor but to which the
British representative hostile; at
all events, it would appear that
serious difference of opinion regarding control of Sa
required adjournment of the conference en-
able the representatives 70 suit their respective
governments. Had the conduct which Germany has
been guilty of in Samoa been resorted to by the gov
ernment of such kingdom Denmark Holland
the tone assumed by the United States authorities
would have been entirely different from that observed
in the present instance.